Rich in culture, backdropped by history and firmly grounded by family, faith and food, the Florentine lifestyle is indubitably sweet. Home to A-lister fashion houses and a pandora’s box of specialist boutique stores the Italian Renaissance metropolis of Tuscany is enchanting, romantic, and irresistible. Book a stay at a boutique hotel in Florence to feast on high-quality crafts, world-class art and architecture, and gourmet Tuscan cuisine.

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Boutique Hotels Florence

A boutique hotel in Florence offers a tantalizing taste of Tuscany. From medieval candle-lit chapels to marble basilicas and world-class art museums overflowing with paintings and sculptures by Michelangelo, Donatello, Botticelli etc, Florence is an open air museum of grandiose artworks and architectural masterpieces. Tuscan cuisine is food for the soul, and Italy’s fashion industry was born and bred here, too. Once the centre of medieval European trade and finance, and home to one of the wealthiest noble families that ever lived, Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance and still exerts a huge influence in the fields of art and culture today.

Luxury labels & Boutique shopping

Shopping in the capital of Tuscany has been stylish ever since homegrown designers like Guccio Gucci and Salvatore Ferragamo opened haut-couture boutiques in Florence in the 1920s. A stay at a boutique hotel in Florence naturally calls for shopping till you drop. In the late Middle Ages, the gold florin financed the development of industry across Europe, from Britain to Hungary, as well as English kings and the papacy. Furthermore, Florence has been a merchant city attracting artisans for centuries. From high-end jewelry stores that line the Ponte Vecchio and world-famous designer labels such as Gucci, Valentino, Armani and Prada, Florence is a magnet for boutique shoppers looking for a high-quality piece. The Via Tornabuoni, Via del Parione and the Via Maggio are also superb shopping streets. And since shopping is thirsty and hungry work, you can make your way to the narrow, medieval back streets of the Santa Croce area where you can relish delicious Tuscan delicacies in the best restaurants in the city. Florence boasts so many elegant boutique hotels that the choices are truly endless. If you want to be close to the action in the heart of the city, a stay at the Palazzo Castri 1874 or Palazzo Niccolini al Duomo just 30 meters from the magnificent cathedral, are the perfect choices. If you prefer to relax in leisure with the hustle and bustle of the city just out of reach, book a stay at the luxurious Villa Mangiacane, surrounded by picturesque Tuscan vineyards and olive groves, where award-wining wines are just waiting to be savored.